[Cell Phone Rings]
Please. Where is he?
Where's Roy?
[ Man, Voice Processed ] "He lives, but without a life.
"He lives in a closet.
An antisocialloner with a love of gadgets. "
I wasn't writing aboutyou!
"Society doesn't notice him because he's invisible, normal and ordinary."
You're not ordinary. You're gifted, intelligent and-
Huh! And you're just trying to butter me up.
Look. If you're angry at what I wrote, let's- let's talk.
But leave Royout ofit.
- Did you come alone? - No backup.
Good. Chapter ssix. You have 90 seconds.
- No! Please! - How doyou raise an attack dog?
The answer is right in front of you.
I'm a cop. I'm looking for anything about my brother.
Yeah. You're that lady on the book cover.
Some guy brought this by for you. He said you'd understand.
Chapter six.
"You raise an attack dog alone as apuppy.
You give it a biscuit... when it bites."
I think I've seen you on TV.
[ Gasping ] Roy!
[ Grunts ]
You're a bad cop and you wrote a bad book.
- Roy! - You don't know how it feels to kill.
- I'm gonna give you deeper insight. - [ Beeping ]
[ Muffled ] Go away!
[ Man, Voice Processed ] One door is wired to explode and one is not.
You can save your brother or kill him trying.
- Doyou know? - No!
- [ Screams ] - Twelve seconds to read my mind.
Which door would the killer in your book pick? Nine seconds, Jennifer.
[ Sobbing ]
- Get out! - No!
Peters, get out now!
[ Grunting ]
No! No!
- No! - [ Muffled Shout ]
No!
[Siren Wailing In Distance ]
[Male Offiicer] We got a cop down!
Get an ambulance now. Get it!
Get an ambulance!
[Man Lecturing] The early Christian philosophers borrowed from Plato...
when writing about evil, but, uh...
St. Augustine...
changed this from an objective...
to a more subjective creation.
Uh, forinstance, St. Augustine believed...
that evil was beyond the reach of no man.
So did Freud. [ Chuckles ]
Yeah, well- [Chuckles ]
Freud isn't exactly my favorite moral philosopher.
Man's struggle against evil started in the Garden...
and continues unabated...
because of the fall.
Who once said, "Evil is the blemish of our species...
that will not spare even the best man"?
Henry?
Anyone?
-Yeah, Kevin. - Kant.
Very good. The 19th century German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
Actually, it's the 18th century.
Kant died in 1804, but wrote his major works in the 18th century.
Thankyou, Kevin.
The devil is in the details.
I stand corrected.
[Lecturer] You hardly speak up...
but when you do, it's worth thewait.
You have a first-rate mind, Kevin.
But aboutyour thesis-
I'm still waiting on that prodigal first draft.
I have hit a wall.
Well, search along thewall...
till you find a door.
Hey, genius. Nice call on Kant.
And another piece ofadvice.
Ifyou're blocked, take a day off.
Get out into the fresh air whileyou still can.
[ Chuckles ] Before you end up an old dried-up professor like me.
That'd be an honor, sir.
But I do need to see an outline before the end of next week.
No shirking. You know what I'm capable of.
- Wrath. - [ Chuckles ]
[Cell Phone Rings]
- Hello? - [ Man, Voice Processed ] You have three minutes...
to confess your sin before I blowyour car up.
Someone must have left this phone in the car. It's not-
Kevin Parson, you can't hide in the seminary. You can't drive away from your past.
- Who is this? - Don't you remember me, Kevin?
I'm hanging up.
You're passing into the Harbor Tunnel.
Your clock reads 2:57.
And you don't remember what to confess.
Here's a clue.
What falls but never breaks? What breaks but neverfalls?
- What falls- Is this a joke? - Don't believe and die.
[ Line Clicks ]
Hello?
- [ Grunts ] - [Tires Screech ]
Get back!
Liar.
Don'tyou remember me, Kevin?
You remember everything.
Liar.
I thought he had the wrong person.
- Then he said my name. - Mm-hmm.
What falls but never breaks?
What breaks but neverfalls?
- What does that mean toyou? - What does it mean?
Nothing. It's nonsense.
Kevin, we didn't finda Cell Phone.
Maybe it burned up in the blast.
[Detective #1 ] So he calledyousome names...
gives you a riddle, tells you your car's gonna blow.
That's it. Nothing else?
No.
You heard of R.K., right?
[Detective #1 Laughing]
The Riddle Killer.
[ Sighs Deeply]
You must have been living in a box not to have.
R.K. 's been making all the press.
And why would someone like this come after me?
Have you done anything to, uh, call attention to yourself?
Made anyenemies?
- Who is he? - It's Kevin Parson.
Seminarystudent.
R.K. tends to pick on those he perceives as rising up above the herd.
Both parents died in a car accident.
Raised by his aunt.
No siblings.
- How does he make a living? - He lives off his parents' life insurance.
He has a B.S. in engineering...
an M.A. in English lit...
and he's working on his Ph.D. in theology.
A professional student.
Yep.
It's too early. Way too early.
I haven't cleared you yet.
This is R.K. We can get him.
Yes, I know.
Ifhe gets a whiffyou're on this...
he may come afteryou again.
Oh, don't worry about me.
The question we should be asking is:
Why is Kevin Parson still alive?
[ Man Chattering ]
[ Men Chattering ]
- What's overhere? - Watchyourstep. Watchyourstep.
Wow.
That's a lot ofbooks.
You read 'em all?
Books?
[Camera ShutterClicking]
Notyet.
So, I got something for you here. Um-
Herewe are. It's, uh, an alarm beeper.
Just press the button and we'll come running.
And it also has a tracking device on it.
It's a pretty cool toy.
- Hmm. - Good-bye.
Come on. Get out.
- [ Sighs ] So keep it on you. - [Gate Clanks, Slides ]
And don't worry. There's, uh- There's never been a second attack.
Well, technically, no one's ever survived the first attack.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Woman On TV] The car explosion that happened earlier today...
is linked to the Commerce Street explosion that killed Roy Peters...
the brother of noted police profiler Dr. JenniferPeters.
Now the police are currently speaking with the owner of the vehicle, Kevin Parson.
But we don't believe he was injured.
[ Cell Phone Rings ]
[ R.K. ] Hello, Kevin.
Did you tell the police everything, or did you leave out the best parts?
No police!
- Or I maytell them whatyou did. - Who areyou?
Who areyou, Kevin? Areyou still the lonely boy in a blue house...
taking comfort fromyourpain witha blackpuppy?
[Ringing]
Don't answerthat! We're not finished yet.
- [Answering Machine Beeps ] - Kevin, it's Sam. I just saw the news.
- I wanna make sureyou're okay. I'm gonna come over. - [ Beeps ]
- Sam! Sam! - [ Dial Tone]
[Cell Phone Rings]
- [ Beeps ] - [ R.K. ] You swore thatyou would never go backthere.
- Why areyou doing this? - Would you go back to save Damon?
You have 60 minutes tosave a lifeyou value...
but no police.
That's my number one rule.
[ Line Clicks ]
Damon.
Here it comes, sweetie.
[ Brakes Squeal ]
[ Doors Open ]
Hi, Kevin.
Oh. Hey, Bobby.
I-I have a new computer. Y-You wanna see it?
That's really cool, man.
Hey, I'm gonna go say hi to Damon, okay?
Damon misses you.
Where'd you go?
[Woman ] Shut the door!
[Dog Yelps]
And don't talk to strangers.
Ah, i-it's Kevin. He came back home.
That's not Kevin, pumpkin.
That's a stranger.
Look, Balinda, I just came to check on Damon...
then I'm gonna get out ofhere.
Oh, you turned running away into an art form, huh?
- Damon. - [ Barking ]
Hey, buddy. You okay?
Hey.
Kevin! Kevin, is thatyou, oldboy?
- Hey, Eugene. - Kevin, whereyou been? Huh?
Damon! Do not play with strangers! He's poison.
Eugene,just don't stand there. Control your animal!
- Ifyou don't, I will. - Damon, back in your house.
- No! You have to growlat that dog. - [ Growling ]
You have to use more authority, more discipline!
[ Cockney Accent] I saythere, canine. To the kennel with you...
- or it shall be thewhip for your blasted hide. - Firmer!
- Come here, beast. - More English.
[ Eugene] Stay! Stay, I say.
[Balinda] Put him in the house.
Verygood!
- Very good! - ####[Eugene Humming]
Ke-Kevin, I have a new computer. You wanna see it?
- Stay! - It's a brand-new computer.
- Princess gave it to me. You wanna see it? - Yeah.
- [Eugene ]Stayinyourplace. - It's so great.
I canplaywith it up till 10:00 at night.
- Then it's bedtime. - [Balinda] Verygood!
- [Whimpering ] No! - No, no, no, no, no. You wait. You wait here.
Damon!Damon!
[Sobbing]
- What did I do? - It wasn'tyou!
- [Bobby] Where's Damon? - [Balinda]Iknowwho.
Itwas you.
Youdidthis! Why? Why? To hurt me again? Huh?
- No. - [Bobby]Puppy!
Someone's trying to kill me.
Shutyour lying, filthy mouth. We hateyou!
That's right, traitor. You go! Go!
- Leave! - [BobbyShouting]
Leave!
[ElevatorClanking, Whirring]
[Kevin ] Who's there?
Sam.
[ Giggles ] Mmm.
I missed you.
[ Laughs ] You look good.
So doyou.
There's some dirt on yourface.
I love this place.
You okay?
I don't know.
- You know, you shouldn't be here. - Of course I should.
- No, Sam. Someone's stalking me. - I'm not leaving.
They blew up my car. They killed Damon.
I just don'twant you nearthis.
- Look, I'm near criminals every single day. - I know.
You know, I've got a cop right across the street.
Yeah. He's asleep.
[ Sighs ]
I have no idea what he meant.
What falls but never breaks?
What breaks but neverfalls?
Night falls and day breaks.
The answercouldbe dayandnight.
Meaning what though?
I don't knowyet.
I'm gonna take this and give it to a friend at the lab.
- Take it. - Doyou have a bag or something?
Yeah, probably in the kitchen.
I should probably check into a motel.
Just stay here.
I mean- You knowwhat I mean.
I'll stay on the couch.
- This okay? - Yeah.
I'm gonna need your spoon...
so I can get a control sample and excludeyour prints.
Staying here... probably wouldn't be the best idea.
Why?
Probably stay up talking all night, and you need to rest.
Hey, we can't talk to the police.
Okay, butwe might have to.
I just don'twant you to get hurt.
[Knocking]
Kevin?Hi, Kevin.
- Hi, Sam. - Let's go.
I can't. Balinda won't let me.
So?
- I can't. - Why not?
- We could take the bus together. - I know, but my mom likes teaching me.
She's notyour mom. She's your aunt.
So, doyou have a boyfriend at school?
I have a boyfriend, but he doesn't go to my school.
- Who is he? - It's a secret.
He's my knight in shining armor.
Come closer and I'll tell you.
[R.K.] What benefit didyou get from those things whichyouare nowashamed?
Forthe endofthose things is death.
- #### [Hip-hop ] - [ Girl] What?
- What's going on? - We're trying to get into the club.
- Yeah, sure. Go home. - I don't have-
Hey! You girls are 1 5.
- [ Chattering ] - Hey, sorry. Sorry.
We're both 21. Can you not just let us in? We were here the other day.
- No chance.Just go. Please. - What doyou mean, "Just go"?
- I could lose myjob. - [ Groaning ]
[Man Laughing]
[ R.K. ] Let me helpyou.
Ooh!
[ Muffled Scream ]
- [JackhammerRattling] - [Men Chattering]
- [Man] Kevin Parson? - [Camera ShutterClicks ]
I want to askyou a question about the Riddle Killer.
- I understand you've been talking to him. - Get a real job.
Igota realjob. Andthat'sprivateproperty.
Yeah, well, this could trigger a repeat attack.
We need to talk. Hopeyou take itwith milk.
Hey!
Sorry aboutyour brother.
- [Jennifer] Youlooklikeyou've been upallnight. - Ihave been.
Is this the onlyway in and out?
There's a fire escape.
Close toyour brother?
Yeah.
Who was the visitor?
Someone I grew up with.
Samantha Sheer. She, uh- She saw what happened to me in the news.
She's an insurance investigator.
What, and she came by to checkyour life insurance?
She's a friend.
Anyone else?
Hewas in here. He left a cell phone in a book.
What did he say?
Nothing. Hejust- Hejust calledme names again.
Well, showme the cell.
It's gone. I think he came back in here and took it.
- Well, can you show me the book? - Sam has it.
Doyou knowwho we're dealing with?
Three people have died. I need that book.
So callyourfriend. From now on, makesure Isee everythingfirst.
Okay.
You ever play chess?
What does that have to do with any ofthis?
He made a move and you countered and he liked it.
He'll move again.
Great.
He'll bewatching and listening to everything.
-What? You mean, like now? - Shh!
He said no police.
You're a cop.
[ Kevin On Tape] He said no police. You're a cop.
[R.K.] Kevin always was a nastylittle tattletale.
Help me. Help me. Please help me. Help me.
[ Panting ]
[Man] You'llneedtoget this togetherrightaway.
[Chattering]
[ Panting, Gasping ]
9:00. He said I had to be here at 9:00.
Idon't wanna die! Get it offime!
Please!
Two questions: How did he chooseyou?
And why did he chooseyou?
How did he chooseyour brother?
Oh, Roywas a means at getting... at me.
I- I wrote a book he didn't find very authentic.
He didn't like me going on talk shows, promoting it.
Anyway-
Yeah, maybe I did get a little too full ofmyself.
Pride comes before a fall.
Writing a book is no sin.
Well, neither is going to a seminary.
So let's startyesterday and work back as far as you can...
every placeyou everwent.
You wanna hear mywhole life story?
I have a full tank.
Itwon't take a full tank.
A guyjustwalked into precinct headquarters with a bomb strapped on him.
- [ Beeping ] - Hold still!
- "Wages ofsin"! - What?
Thewages ofsin.
[Detective #1 On Phone] He left a message. The wages ofsin.
The wages ofsin is-
- Death. - It's a Bible verse.
Your stalker doesn't like seminary students. He went after one ofyour classmates-
- HenryJameson. - Henry? Oh!
- Give me the book and verse number. - It's from Romans.
Look in Romans.
- Where's the bomb squad? - [Detective #2 ] Theywon't make it in time.
- Maybe we should just move him. - What?
- Keep it clear. Keep it clear. - Wait here!
- Let's go! Let's go! - Okay, now!
- Get out! - [ Detective #2 ] Okay.
Okay. Here it is right here. Romans 6:23.
"The wages ofsin"-
- Okay. - [Siren Wailing]
[Beeping]
- Kevin! Kevin! - [ Officer] Get him.
Help me! Help me! Help me.
"What benefit did you get from the things which you are now ashamed?
- "Forthe endofthose things is- - Help me.
death. "
Help me!
What's the third number? We need a third number.
[Jennifer] Okay. There's six letters in "Romans. "Let's try6-6-23.
Get out! Everybody out!
What areyou doing here? Get out! Out!
- [ Detective #2 ] Everybody out! - [Man ] Clearthe building!
[ Chattering, Shouting ]
- Get it offme! - [Kevin]Come on!
- Your stalkerwent after someone else? - Please hurry.
- What happened? - It's my fault ifhe dies.
- You can't blameyourselfforthis. - Six.
- Get it offhim!
Hey, you! And you! Out now! Go!
- [Henry] Get it offi! - Okay. Let's go. Let's go, Kevin.
- Twenty-three. - Hurry, please!
Go, go.
- [ Chattering, Shouting] - [ Man ] Go, go. Go!
[ Gasping ] Okay. Okay.
I hate the way you pukes look.
The way you speak.
The way you smell. Liar.
You're all rotten to the core. Liar.
Liars!
You remember everything.
It's the boy.
- What boy? - The boy in the park.
- When we were kids and used to sneak out together. - Yeah, okay. I remember.
Sometimes- Sometimes I'dsee this boy.
He liked watching us.
- Kevin, I don't know what you're getting- - At yourwindow.
I toldyou about him.
I remember one night I caught him atyourwindow.
He was looking atyou, watchingyou.
Hey, you!
- What are you looking at, puke? - [ Gasps ]
[ Grunts ] Run, puke!
He chased me... through the park.
[ Groaning ] No!
- I thought he was going to kill me. - No!
He warned me not to tell you.
- No! - You tell anybody about me-
I won't.
and I'll kill you next time.
[Samantha ] Well, thank goodness you did.
My dad chased him away. He didn't live in our neighborhood.
My dad won't let me out.
We never saw him again.
I saw him again.
You nevertoldme.
I never told anyone.
Run!
Tattletale! You're gonna die!
[ Grunts ] Run!
Run, you little moron! Run!
He chased me...
- into this old warehouse. - No!
Run!
No!
Nice tomb.
Nice and quiet.
Thanks for bringing us down here.
- No! - Go ahead.
Scream! [ Mock Sobbing ]
No one's gonna hear you down here, snitch.
You know what I'm gonna make you do?
You're gonna bite off your own tongue, puke!
Bite it, tattletale!
Then I'm gonna visit your stuck-up girlfriend.
- [ Screams ] - [ Groans ]
- Hey! - [Pounding]
I'm gonna kill you! I'm gonna kill both of you!
[Kevin Narrating] Is tood there...
thinking ifhe got out, he might hurt you.
What did you do?
I left him to die.
I neverwent back. Never told anyone.
That's my sin.
I tried to forget it ever happened.
Maybe-
Maybe going to the seminary was my act of penitence.
He must've gotten out.
Someone wouldhave foundhis body.
- We live nearby. It wouldhave been in the news. - He got out.
And now he's stalking me.
[Samantha ] It's prettyfar-fetched to think that afterall theseyears...
someone wouldplan to get even with us for something that happened when we were kids.
He tried to kill Henry.
Maybe- Maybe he set Jennifer up...
to get her into our game.
Well, forget the game. We're leaving town.
- Where? - Myplace forstarters andthen we'llgo from there. Okay?
Hey!
That's mythesis! Sam, grab it!
Kevin, be careful.
It's him!
I'm calling the cops. Stay away from the window.
- No, we can't! - You can't. I can.
You know, I couldn't really see him.
When you turned around, were his eyes at your eye level?
- I didn't see his eyes. - Soyou don't know if he was tall, short, fat, thin?
No.
- Kevin Parson leftwhen we cleared the building. - Well, bring him back.
Calm down with the orders.
I never putyou on this.
I'm on this.
[Tapping ]
Phone call for you. Samantha Sheer.
- Hello? -Yeah, I'm a friend ofKevin Parson's.
- Right. Insurance. Where's Kevin? -We're at his place.
We may just have seen his stalker at his window. He had a camera.
- He was takingpictures ofKevin. - [ Shouts ]
Josh, send units to cordon off a 20-block grid centered on Short and Vine.
Look for a guy with a camera.
Listen. It's not safe. I want you and Kevin out of there.
- I want you back here now. - It's all right. I'm armed.
I don't care ifyou're armed. This isn't an insurance claim. I want you and Kevin out.
- That's an order. - Okay, okay, I hearyou.
Hang on.
Let me out. Why did you leave me, Kevin?
- [Boy's Voice ] Let me out ofhere! - Let me out!
- A TV just went off in Kevin's refrigerator. - Wait, let me hear him.
Quick. Record this!
Let me out. It's so dark in here.
Let me out. The cockroach has not confessed his sin...
so we must play on to the end.
The trigger is pulled. The trigger is pulled.
Only 30 minutes tick before the to-and-fro drones are blown to bits.
Confess what sin?
What takes you there but takes you nowhere, Kevin?
And remember, no cops.
[ Crackling ]
Get down!
Send Emergency Response to Parson's place.
You got it.
Stand back.
[Audio Rewinding ]
[ R.K. ] The trigger is pulled. The trigger is pulled.
Only 30 minutes tick before the to-and-fro drones are blown to bits.
-You know, he seems to be obsessed with threes. - [R.K. Continues, Indistinct]
The 30 minutes to act. Ninety seconds to save Roy.
- [ Samantha ] Get down! - [ Explosion ]
- [Woman On TV] Kevin Parson, these minary student... - [ Mumbles ]
whose car was all egedly destroyed by the Riddle Killer yesterday...
is on our Action Phone live to discuss important matters...
- about the case. - Parson's on TV.
[ Kevin ] When I was 1 4...
I got into a fight with this boy from our neighborhood.
He chased me into this warehouse, and...
we fought.
I ran out and locked him in.
I left him to die.
I'm a fake anda hypocrite.
What's he doing?
He's confessing.
I'm a sinner.
If he's- If he's listening...
I just want to say I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Poor Kevin.
Samantha Sheer calling back on line one.
- [ Beeps ] - Put Kevin on.
Look, he's pretty upset. He thinks the killer is this kid who used to bully us.
- Yeah, I heard. Can you give me a name? - I don't know.
Kevin locked him in a storage warehouse.
- Where? What's the address? - Off Carmine Street.
Look, this kid didn't live in our neighborhood...
andhe didn't go to our schoolor anything.
We're talking 15 years back, so it's all pretty hazy.
My dad, he chased him away.
He was a cop. Maybe he left a name in a case file or something?
Your dad's retired?
He died fiveyears ago. Sam Sheer.
- [Pen Scratching] - All right.
Send a team to a warehouse on Carmine, and check all police reports...
filed by an officer Sam Sheer dealing with juvie offenders, starting 20 years back.
- AreyouandKevin okay? - Yeah.
Sam. Come on.
I confessed. It's over.
Kevin, I can't bet on his forgiveness, and he said, "The trigger is pulled."
No, it's over. Everybody knows what a terrible person I am. That's all he wanted.
Okay. It's over.
But let me askyou something. When he said...
"What takes you there but takes you nowhere"-
What does that mean toyou?
[ Kevin ] What takes you there but takes you nowhere? I have no idea.
[Samantha] A bus.
All they do is go backand forth. There and nowhere.
The bus thatwent by our old neighborhood was number 33.
Theythink he might hit bus 33.
[ Detective #2 ] There are three number 33 buses...
running simultaneously on a 1 2-mile route.
- So, we clear all three. - Nah, our black and whites will pull 'em over.
No, he said no cops-at least none in uniform, or he might blow before the deadline.
[ Brakes Squeal ]
- Hey, howyou doing? - Not so good. Can't complain.
[Man] Come on. Everybodyout!
What did the boy look like?
Can you remember any characteristics...
Iike ascarora tattoo?
He bragged about being in juvenile detention.
Juvenile records are often wiped clean, but it's worth a shot.
[ Line Ringing ]
Well, that narrows it down to a couple of thousand suspects. Where areyou?
- We're looking for the bus. - Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop...
- stop, stop, stop, stop! - [ Brakes Squeal ]
Sam! That was the 3rd Avenue bus.
The three on your refrigerator.
[ Horn Honking ]
[Honking Continues ]
Pull over! Stop the bus! Stop the bus!
- [Samantha ] Pull over! There's a bomb! - Are you crazy?
- Stop the bus! You gotta pull the bus over! - Pull over!
[ Kevin ] Pull over! You got something on the bus!
Stop! Pullover.
Get everybody out of the bus! Get out! Open the door!
- Open the door! - Get offithe bus!
- Get everybody out of the bus. - [ Man ] What areyou talking about?
There's a bomb on the bus. Get off of the bus! Come on!
- [ Chattering, Shouting ] - Come on. Get out ofhere.
- [Samantha] Help her. - [Man] Get out of the way!
- Get off!. - [Cell Phone Ringing]
- Sam! Phone! - Grab it. It's probably Jennifer.
[Man ] He's crazy! The man is a lunatic.
- [Kevin ] Hello? - [R.K. ] You broke the rules, Kevin. I said no cops.
- Hey, I didn't call the cops. - Samantha did. Break the rules, I break my word.
No. No. I confessed. That's what you wanted, isn't it?
- You confessed nothing! - What?
- Everybody's off!. - Coveryour ears, puke.
Sam! Sam!
[Detectives Chattering]
- Hey, you okay? - How?
How did he get my number?
Anybody hurt?
[Police Radio Chatter]
He's gonna kill me.
Hey. No, he's not. I promise.
[Sirens Wailing In Distance ]
Mydad's stuffi's instorage. There's gotta be something on this guy.
I'm gonna go there. You get a ride home with Jennifer, okay?
Talk to me.
Sam talked toyou, and he blew it early.
You should've told me about the kid...
'cause I can't helpyou if I'm playing catch-up.
Just don't help me. Just don't.
He's here. I know he is.
[Kevin ] What do I do?
I want you towalk away...
and meet me in the Grand Hotel Bar in five minutes.
- [R.K.] Liar. Cheater. - Kevin Parson-